Jan 7, 2021 | Civil Rights, Community, General, News, North America, Peacebuilding, Prayer, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Embed from Getty Images Lies have consequences. The insurrection that was attempted as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives gathered to certify the election results on January 6, 2021 was incited by the President’s lies. The violence that ensued as they...
Dec 14, 2020 | Advocacy, Demilitarization, General, IFOR, International, News, Peacebuilding, Press Releases
With less than six weeks remaining in his presidency, President Donald Trump extended his legacy of fomenting division and sowing the seeds of instability, discord, and violence into a new foreign policy realm. On this day, which marks the 60th anniversary of the U.N....
Dec 3, 2020 | Campaigns, Community, General, News
Friends, Giving Tuesday is over. The work of peace and justice continues. Are your eyes trained on Georgia right now, as mine are? It’s understandable. The outcome of Georgia’s January 5th special election will dramatically influence both the makeup of Congress...
Nov 22, 2020 | Civil Rights, Community, Demilitarization, FORusa Feature, FORusa Staff, News, Peacebuilding, Racial, Reparations
FOR USA’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, delivered the 31st Annual Salem Peace Lecture was held online on Thursday November 19th. Dr. Jordan-Simpson’s topic was “Unfinished Democracy: Making Good Trouble for Racial Equity.”...
Nov 5, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, General, News, North America, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice
Dear FOR-USA family, As I write you just after Election Day, from my home in the great republic of Brooklyn, New York, the election results are not yet fully known. What is certain, however, is that we have a great deal of work to do and some difficult days ahead as a...
Oct 27, 2020 | ¡Presente!, FORusa Staff, News
Mark Charles Johnson departed this world on October 12, 2020 at his beloved cottage near North Creek, NY following a lengthy battle with cancer. His life-long fascination with ideas, history, language and people created networks that motivated and sustained him. He...
